Incident Overview
Date: Friday 19 October 2012
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-12B
Owner/operator: Air Mark Aviation
Registration Number: EK12112
Location: Shindand Airport (OAH) –
ÿ Afghanistan
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Left main gear.Left main gear.
Category: Accident
An Antonov 12B transport aircraft crashed at Shindand Air Base in Afghanistan, destroying it and resulting in the loss of 4,700 pounds of mail. The aircraft bounced after a hard touchdown, then veered off the left side of the runway, striking a drainage ditch, and subsequently catching fire.An Antonov 12B transport aircraft crashed at Shindand Air Base in Afghanistan, destroying it and resulting in the loss of 4,700 pounds of mail. The aircraft bounced after a hard touchdown, then veered off the left side of the runway, striking a drainage ditch, and subsequently catching fire.
Description
An Antonov 12B transport aircraft contracted by the U.S. military crashed at Shindand Air Base in Afghanistan and was destroyed along with 4,700 pounds of mail inbound to Afghanistan. After touchdown in good weather conditions the plane bounced. After the second hard touchdown the left main gear broke. Having moved further down the runway, the plane went off the left side of the runway some 1750 m past the threshold. It struck a drainage ditch and caught fire.
Source of Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20130216142408/http://www.fvap.gov/global/news/2012news/nr29-2012.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130216142408/http://www.fvap.gov/global/news/2012news/nr29-2012.htmlPrimary Cause
Hard touchdown and subsequent deviation off the runway.Hard touchdown and subsequent deviation off the runway.Share on:
